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Table showing the cost of producing Muscovado sugar, and the 

 quantity produced or available in the several countries men- 

 tioned, as made up from the evidence given before the Com- 

 mittee on Sugar and Coffee Plantations ; by T. Wilson. 



COUNTRY. 



Average 

 cost of 

 produc- 

 tion 

 under 

 slavery 

 or com- 

 pvdsory 

 labor. 



Average 

 available 

 produce 



slavery or 

 compulsory 

 abor, for 

 tlie supply 

 of Europe 

 and the 

 United 

 States, 



Average 

 available 

 produce 

 during the 

 last three 

 years of 

 freedom, 

 for the 

 supply of 

 Europe and 

 the United 

 States. 



Cost of 

 producing 

 one cvrt. of 

 sugar at 

 present 

 date,exclu- 

 sive of in- 

 terest on 

 capital, etc. 



Excess 

 of cost 

 of free 

 labour 

 over 

 slave or 

 compul- 

 sory 

 labor, 

 percwt., 

 taking 

 theaver- 

 age cost 

 of the 

 latter at 

 lis. per 

 cwt. 



Excess 

 of cost 

 of free 

 over 



SLAVE 

 TEADE 



labor, 

 talcing 

 the cost 

 in Brazil 

 at 7s.6d. 

 per cwt. 

 making 

 theaver- 

 age of 

 slave- 

 trade 

 labor 

 8s. per 

 cwt. 



Increase 

 of cost 

 in the 

 British 

 planta- 

 tions 

 since 

 emanci- 

 pation. 



British Plantations. 



s. 



d. 



Ions. 



1 ons. 



B. 



d. 





S. 



d. 



8. a. 



a A 



s. a. 





7 



6 



/, /O/ 



ft CkR'X 



o,yD»5 



16 



6 





5 



6 



ft A 



Q n 





6 



0 





lD,i>/ o 



15 



6 





4 



6 



7 fi 



if D 





11 



0 



9,634 



3,779 



17 



6 





6 



6 



9 6 



6 6 





5 



0 







19 



0 





8 



0 



1 1 r> 

 1 1 u 



14. n 



Ira KJ 





5 



6 



10 056 



6 636 



19 



6 





8 



6 



11 fi 



Li. O 



14 0 





5 



6 



5 321 





19 



6 





8 



6 



1 1 fi 



LA. \} 



14 f) 

 X.'H \J 



€4- T 1-1 'AIM 



5 



6 



9 600 



8 650 



19 



6 





8 



6 



LI 6 



14 0 





10 



0 



CQ ana 

 DfSjbJo 



Or\ OAT 



d(J,oU7 



22 



6 





11 



6 





1 o a 

 li2 o 





6 



8 



44,178 



24,817 



25 



10 





14 



10 



17 10 



19 2 





3 



0 



15,428 



16,539 



20 



10 





9 



10 



12 10 



17 iQ 









oO,UUU 



ou,uuu 



20 



0 





9 



0 



La U 













dZ,000 



23 



0 





12 



0 



15 0 













7,000 



20 



0 





9 



0 



12 0 





FoTBtc/n Ft66 X/UbOT 

























Country. 

























Europe (Beet-root) \ 









100,000 



24 



4 





13 



4 



16 4 





Foreign Slave ^ ot 

























Compulsory Labor 

























Countries. 



























15 



0 



88,000 





15 



0"^ 













French Colonies... 



15 



0 



90,000 





15 



0 





Slave 







Cuba (Muscovado) 



8 



0 



220,000 





8 



0 





or com- 

 pulsory 









8 



6 



40,000 





8 



6 





labor. 









12 



6 



100,000 





12 



6 















11 



11 



90,000 





11 















* This cost, as taken from the averages given in Lord Harris's despatches, is 

 lower than the averages given by the witnesses before the Committee. 



t This beet-root sugar sells, in the continental markets, on account of its 

 inferior quality, at about 4s. to 6s. per cwt. below Colonial Muscovado, so that 

 Colonial Muscovado must be about 33s. per cwt. to enable beet sugar to sell in 

 this market ior cost and charges, and allowing no profit to the beet sugar maker. 



X The cost of producing sugar in Java is taken at the average between the 

 Government contract sugar, and the free sugar, as given by Mr. San Martin. 



§ The cost of producing sugar in Brazil is taken from the Consular return : 

 this return has given no credit for rum or molasses, and has charged 6s. 5d. for 

 manufacturing, fully 3s. 5d. more than the cost in Cuba, — allowance for these 

 two items would give 7s. 6d, as the nett cost per cwt. 



